'Mr Brexit to Mr U-turn': German commentators befuddled by Johnson's zig-zagging
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from on (#58HSC)
Media criticise PM's Covid strategy, as UK adopts job support scheme similar to Germany's own
The UK followed in the footsteps of the German government by adopting a jobs support scheme on Thursday. The announcement came as German commentators spoke of their confusion at the zig-zag approach to tackling the coronavirus, describing a nation caught up in feelings of panic, disbelief and disillusionment.
Military intervention to control coronavirus rules a possibility," ran one banner headline in the business daily Handelsblatt this week, while an editorial in the Suddeutsche Zeitung was titled: Johnson's skittishness endangers his country."
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